BU Global Partnership Institutions

Semester in Boston

CEU - The CEU San Pablo Foundation is a non-profit education institution with more than 70 years of experience in the teaching field and was founded to promote the principles of Christian humanism. CEU began in 1933, in Madrid, Spain with a modest number of Law students and six Chairs and quickly expanded with the opening of new education centers in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Murcia, Elche, Seville and Valladolid. In 1998, the name "Fundación CEU San Pablo" (CEU San Pablo University Foundation) was approved and was in use until 2005. At that time, all entities that belong to the institution were united under the name "CEU". The institution has become a great organization with more than 3,000 teachers and professors and 26,000 students in all teaching levels and offers a complete upbringing of the person that provides them with, not only academic excellence, but solid ethic and human values. CEU aims to strengthen their commitment with society, as the leading educational institution in Spain and as a non-profit institution, by offering an integrated upbringing of the person, thus paving the way towards an education based on excellence, completeness, and personalization that instills a commitment to a fair society to the benefit of the common good.

Kyungwon University - Kyungwon University is now endeavoring to be one of Korea’s outstanding and prestigious private universities. The president’s mission is to become a global university through the strategy of “brand-specialization” – concentrating on specific fields efficiently. In collaboration with Kyungwon, BU Global and CELOP will create a year long intensive program for Kyungwon students.

Universidad Casa Grande - originated in The School of Communications Monica Herrera, part of the first Latin American network of Communication Schools, with affiliates in Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Argentina and Peru. In Santiago, Chile the first school was founded in 1979, and the Ecuadorian branch opened in May of 1992. The extension in San Salvador opened in 1995, in Mendoza, Argentina in 1999, and in Lima will open soon. This original educational project is committed to the youth, to the Ecuadorian university community, to the city, the region and the nation. The methodology utilized in Casa Grande connects the practice with theory, creativity, reflection and research; it is designed to create an environment where the students can meet high international academic standards, and receive a formation appropriate to the third millennium and their own personal growth.

Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) - a private non-profit institution founded in 1982 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic .As a pluralist university, UNIBE encourages scientific and philosophical diversity, respects religious and political ideologies, and makes no distinction on the bases of sex, race or creed. The main Campus is located in the heart of Santo Domingo, situated near prominent government offices such as the Central Bank, it is within walking distance of the Plaza de la Cultura, the city’s cultural center which is the site of major museums, art galleries, and the National Theater.

Ecole Supérieure de Gestion (ESG) –Ranked among the top 20 business schools in France—and top 4 in the Paris area—the ESG Business School Unit is one of four business school units in the PGSM Business School Group, a private institution founded in 1975. A French “grande école” specializing in business and management, the mission of  ESG is to “train and coach responsible managers, open to knowledge and the respect of others, operational and highly flexible in a globalized, fast changing world.” ESG Business School offers undergraduate and graduate programs in English and French in over 20 different specializations. Focusing on principles of innovation and “education by discovery,” ESG emphasizes personal fulfillment and initiative, as well as the creation of a professional project. ESG is on its way to becoming one of the best business and management schools in Europe, combining academic excellence, professional experience, and international openness in order to impart qualities of responsibility, modesty, passion, and venture in its graduates.

Summer Study

University of Bologna – Introduction to Management Program - (Italian: Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is the oldest continually operating degree-granting university in the world, and the second biggest university in Italy. It is located in the city of Bologna. The University of Bologna was the first university founded in the western world (AD 1088) and since 2000, its motto has been Alma mater studiorum (Latin for "fostering mother of studies"). Its history is one of great thinkers in science and the humanities, making it an indispensable point of reference in the panorama of European culture. The university received a charter from Frederick I Barbarossa in 1158, but in the 19th century, a committee of historians led by Giosuè Carducci traced the birth of the University back to 1088. The University celebrated its 900th anniversary in 1988, making it arguably the longest-lived occidental university. The University of Bologna is historically notable for its teaching of canon and civil law. Presently, the University counts more than 100,000 students in its 23 faculties. It has branch centers in Reggio nell'Emilia, Imola, Ravenna, Forlì, Cesena and Rimini and a branch center abroad in Buenos Aires.

Graduate Programs

Ramkhamhaeng University (RU) - Thailand’s largest public university, was established in 1971 during a crisis in the quest for higher education. It was named after King Ramkhamhaeng the Great, the third King of the Sukhothai period who invented the first Thai Alphabet. The university strongly emphasizes the principle of “equality of opportunity” within higher education. Ramkhamhaeng University is committed to the concept of providing quality education both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Executive Programs

KOITA (June 2007) - Korea Industrial Technology Association (KOITA) was established in 1979 aiming at laying a foundation for the development of industrial technology in Korea. Toward this end, KOITA has initiated and implemented various programs to foster an environment in the Korean industries which is conducive to technological innovation, while at the same time, promoting the creation of industrial R&D centers.

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